It was a time when strangers were welcome here....

[Liberal In Texas]

It was a sweeter tune and there was so much room, that people could come from everywhere.
To find they've closed the door...they don't want him anymore...he once heard a legend that spoke of a mystical magical land called America!

This Sedaka song from 1975 is still relevant today. Perhaps more so.

I'm married to an immigrant with a green card, and I feel so lucky she got here before the fascists are trying to put the hammer down.

[furtheradu]

1. Thank You!

Blessings on Y'all!

[Liberal In Texas]

2. Thank you!

We forget sometimes this country was built on immigrants.

[furtheradu]

3. Exactly right..& some of us remember..

"the border crossed US".
Just sayin

[aikoaiko]

4. This is a dark time for US-immigrant relations, but don't fool yourself into thinking this is new.

Historically, we've been very unkind to some immigrants since the beginning.

[Ninsianna]

6. Very true, we were also pretty unkind to the people who were already here

when we got here.

[aikoaiko]

10. Arguably the most cruel to the people who were already here.

[Ninsianna]

11. The immigrants of that era were pretty terrible everywhere they went.

[furtheradu]

5. "Living in the Promise Land" by Willy Nelson

Can't post it, but hiiiighly
Recommended.
Always makes me cry.
Always reminds me of who we are MEANT to be.
Goood night, Ever'body! 💖

[J_William_Ryan]

7. The unwarranted hostility toward immigrants

is the consequence of rightwing reactionaryism – the fear most conservatives have of change, diversity, and an inclusive society.

[DFW]

8. My wife is married to someone with a "green" card (they aren't green here)

I have a German residence card, and though I do not intend to seek German citizenship, I did have to go through the whole process of requesting legal residency here. Our best friends across the street are also a "mixed" marriage (he is from Austria), and yet another couple is German-Croatian, and that was decades before Croatia joined the EU.

Of course, we just let in a million Arabs and South Asians (for better or for worse), and we border on ten different countries, all of which are less than a day's drive from anywhere in the country, so it's not really an unusual thing here.

[lamp_shade]

9. Thank you. I had major goosebumps listening/watching this.

and also on the verge of tears.